Well, the “yet another film emulsion” could lead to think that there are lots of them. Apart from Kodak, Ilford and Foma, most nice film boxes in the market are rebranded Kentmere (Ilford) or Foma. Sometimes some Agfa film for special purposes (the regular Agfa APX film itself is Kentmere since years ago). A truly new BW emulsion, specially if it is T-grain is something we haven’t seen in a while.
The other point that you missed is the anti-halation layer. LLL made very clear that this is only for the tests they are doing currently. The film that would reach the markets would have one.
Other than that, yes, LLL is showing ambition here. And you pointed correctly the reason: film production is increasing due to a higher demand. Something very unexpected only 10 years ago!
Andrés PB Jan 31, ‘25